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Week 2 - Engineering Design
Select one of the following articles that focus on Engineering Design:

(Graphic Organizer – Responding to Nonfiction/Informational Texts)
1. Cost or Quality: Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs. by: By Şenay Purzer, Daphne Duncan-Wiles, and Johannes Strobel; January 2013
2. Family Style Engineering: Learning alongside students creates a win–win situation for all By Lara K. Smetana, Joan Chadde Schumaker, Wendy Severin Goldfien, and Cheryl Nelson; Dec. 2012
3. Shedding Light on Engineering Design: Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge, and both are illuminated. By Brenda M. Capobianco, Chell Nyquist, and Nancy Tyrie; January 2013



Week 3 - Inquiry and the Nature of Science (NOS)
  • Demystifying Nature of Science; September 2014 (Graphic Organizer – Picture Note Making)



Week 4 - Planning a 5E or 6E Lesson
Fire up the Inquiry by Kimberly Lott, March 2011 (Graphic Organizer - Photo Finish)
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 2 – A Framework for Explanation Driven Science (Graphic Organizer - Two-Column Cornell Notes Template)
Depth and Complexity Tool Descriptions (Print this!)



Week 5 – Talk Moves & Scientific Arguments
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 3 – Planning for Explanation Driven Science -
(Graphic Organizer - Non-Fiction Reading Response Choice Board)



Week 6 – Assessment
A is For Assessment by Shannon McNair, September 2004 (Graphic Organizer - My Top Ten List)



Week 7 – Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 4 Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing (Graphic Organizer – Let’s Analyze It!)



Week 10 - Scientific Skills and Dispositions
Select one of the following:
1. Beyond Predictions, by Dennis Smithenry & Jenny Kim, October 2010
2. Inference or Observation? by Kevin Finson, October 2010
3. Personalized Inquiry, by Patricia Simpson, December 2010
(Graphic Organizer -Write About)



Week 11 – Integrating Scientific Explanation
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 5 – Integrating Scientific Explanation into Classroom Instruction - (Graphic Organizer: Depth and Complexity Choice Board)




Week 12 – Designing Assessment Tasks
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 6 – Designing Assessment Tasks and Rubrics (Graphic Organizer - What’s the Point?)




Week 13 - Fostering a Community
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 7 – Fostering a Community of Young Scientists over TimeGraphic Organizer – Identify and Classify



Week 14 - Science for Diverse Learners
Select one of the following articles to read:
1. Girls in Science Rule! by Jan Moore, April 2003
2. Science Centers For All, by Leslie Irwin, Christine Nucci, & Carol, Beckett, February 2003
3. Teaching Science to English-as Second-Language-Learners, by Gayle Buck, November/December 2000
4. Responding to the Need for Intervention; December 2012
(Graphic Organizer - Headline News Summary)



Week 15 - Extensions within and Beyond the Classroom
Select one of the following articles to read:
1. Outdoor Integration, by Shawna Tatarchuk & Charles Eick, February 2011
2. Journey into the Five Senses, by Susan McWilliams, February 2003
3. Science Alive!, by Kay Tally-Foos, January 2005
4. The Built Environment, by Gregory Benedis-Grab, February 2010
5. The Farmer in the Lab, by Jeanine Huss and Cheryl Baker, February 2010
(Graphic Organizer - Quick Write/Quick Draw)